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Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2011<br />
INTERFACED INTERACTIVE INSPIRED
The Team<br />
Behind<br />
Rekha Dayalal<br />
Abigail Blazado<br />
Afzal Mohmed<br />
Ali Keblawi<br />
Alilula Shariff<br />
Annie Dizon<br />
Boban Titus<br />
Geetika Chopra<br />
Mohammed Ali Yehia Saeed<br />
Robbinson Mathew<br />
Management Representative<br />
Iftikhar Abbasi<br />
Concept & Design<br />
We welcome new members<br />
who would like to add value<br />
to the publication wih their<br />
active participation.<br />
WHAT’S IN?<br />
MESSAGE FROM MANSOUR AL ALAMI-MANAGING DIRECTOR<br />
MIS ACQUIRES ABU DHABI BASED LITWIN PEL<br />
ITQAN SHOWCASES SUCCESS STORIES AT GITEX<br />
ASPGULF DESIGNS BEA'TI WATANI PROJECT OF EWS<br />
ITQAN COMPLETES IT INFRASTRUCTURE OVERHAUL FOR MIS<br />
GUESS & WIN-WINNER<br />
ADIPEC 2010: A JOURNEY OF CONTINUOUS SUCCESS<br />
EMDAD SOCIAL GATHERING<br />
<strong>AE</strong> INTERACTIVE "CHANGE IN THE NEW YEAR"<br />
<strong>AE</strong> SOCIAL COMMITTEE ACTIVITY "WHO AM I ? CHALLENGE"<br />
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: JAMAL BOCHOR<br />
GET TO KNOW <strong>AE</strong> FINANCE MANAGER /ASSISTANT FINANCE MANAGER<br />
FURNICON AND GI INTER COMPANY CULTURAL FOODFEST<br />
ME AND MY FAMILY-VALUE OF APPRECIATION<br />
CELEBRATING U<strong>AE</strong> NATIONAL DAY<br />
GUESS & WIN-CONTEST<br />
EXPLORE A NATION-KERALA<br />
TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHT<br />
FABLE TO LIVE BY-THE HARE AND THE HOUND<br />
SAFETY ALERT<br />
WINNERS OF CANDID MOMENTS WITH FRIENDS<br />
<strong>AE</strong> AND TATWEER FUN BOWL<br />
<strong>AE</strong> GROUP UNDER OMAN INSURANCE FOR 2011<br />
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. AHMED AL BAWARDI<br />
WHAT’S IN A WORD<br />
WELCOME TO THE <strong>AE</strong> FRATERNITY<br />
FAREWELL TO SADYA FAROOQ<br />
CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO...<br />
CELEBRANTS OF THE MONTH<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE<br />
It is quite common to hear people say: "Think<br />
positive!", to someone who feels down and<br />
worried.<br />
Not everyone accepts or believes in positive<br />
thinking. All of us affect, in one way or another,<br />
the people we meet. People around us sense our<br />
aura and are affected by our thoughts, and vice<br />
versa. It is generally observed that people are<br />
more disposed to help us if we are positive.<br />
Positive thinking is a mental attitude that admits<br />
into the mind thoughts, words and images<br />
that are conductive to growth, expansion and<br />
success. It is a mental attitude that expects good<br />
and favorable results.<br />
Thus a positive mind anticipates happiness,<br />
joy, health and a successful outcome of every<br />
situation and action.<br />
Wish you all a very happy and prosperous year ahead.<br />
- Rekha Dayalal, <strong>AE</strong>
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MESSAGE FROM MANSOUR AL ALAMI<br />
MANAGING DIRECTOR<br />
Year 2011 seems to be promising in terms of sealing strategic<br />
alliances, major project signups and growth in general for<br />
companies under the umbrella of AlBawardi Enterprises. The<br />
challenges we face due to rippling effects of 2009 global and<br />
regional recession are very much in existence. However with<br />
U<strong>AE</strong> markets reacting positively and government initiating new<br />
projects, especially in the Energy, Education and Infrastructure<br />
Sector brings us closer to normalcy. All Business Units in the<br />
group have embraced to the challenge of meeting and or exceeding<br />
business objectives as chalked out in June 2009. Next six months<br />
will be equally difficult but rewarding in terms of meeting these<br />
objectives<br />
Last three months have been exciting at many fronts. Let me share<br />
one of the success stories: on 9th February 2010, Emdad acquired<br />
75% shares of Litwin PEL LLC, an investment carefully selected<br />
and backed with full confidence that we will add value and get<br />
returns in short span of time.<br />
Emdad Management played an important role in adding value<br />
in next few months and strategizing company future plans<br />
to position the company to attract investors. In first week of<br />
December 2010 we have inked the sale agreement with MIS<br />
(Maritime Industrial Services) not only providing liquidity for<br />
future growth and projects of Emdad but the experience gained<br />
has positioned Emdad in the Mergers and Acquisition market.<br />
On a strategic front Emdad has secured second phase of the<br />
Cathodic Protection (CP) project and is well into execution<br />
of the project. The maintenance contract related to Cathodic<br />
Protection is also progressing well as planned.<br />
Emjel (a joint venture between Emdad and Sanjel) is equally<br />
making strides with operational activities with the 4th Unit<br />
coming under deployment soon.<br />
Emdad was well received during ADIPEC and was successfully<br />
represented by a record number of Principals. EMDAD with<br />
TMK, has secured a major contract for the supply of OCTG<br />
casing and tubing pipes to fulfil the requirements of 2010 - 2011<br />
operations. EMDAD has added yet another feather to its cap<br />
with the signing of its new alliance with China Petroleum Jilin<br />
Chemical Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.<br />
Emdad ADIPEC stand won second place as best exhibitor.<br />
ASPGulf in the quest to prove its value add and commitment<br />
to quality is applying for Dubai Quality Award (DQA) this year.<br />
The management and core team have submitted comprehensive<br />
self analysis document to DQA secretariat and await audit in Feb<br />
2011. We are confident that they will prove themselves versus the<br />
world recognized DQA benchmarks.<br />
ITQAN continued to sail and marking its presence with a wider<br />
radius and more products and services. ITQAN was thrilled to<br />
celebrate its silver jubilee with GITEX’s 30 years’ anniversary by<br />
participating in the event.<br />
In October 2010, ITQAN participated in The 7th Annual<br />
Middle East Human Resources Summit to showcase its talent<br />
development solutions, commissioned by its partner SumTotal<br />
Systems, the global leader in providing learning and performance<br />
management solutions.<br />
gi is evolving and slowly gathering momentum in offering<br />
services related to Event Management. With recent projects such<br />
as ADIPEC, GITEX and IDEX it is building its specialization in<br />
this field.<br />
It will be incomplete if we do not mention the value addition<br />
Furnicon is bringing to <strong>AE</strong> Group. With major projects executed<br />
in record time it is one of the best examples of optimized<br />
productivity within the <strong>AE</strong> Group.<br />
Let me take this opportunity to wish you all Happy New Year<br />
and hope that all will work as one cohesive team in achieving<br />
<strong>AE</strong> common goals and objectives. The above is a glimpse of<br />
current business and its development, it is worth mentioning<br />
that there are number of initiatives in the pipeline at <strong>AE</strong> level<br />
whereby further diversification with high yield projects are in the<br />
making.<br />
Let me finish my message with the following quote:<br />
"Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go,<br />
only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”<br />
– Jim Rohn
U<strong>AE</strong>-based Maritime Industrial Services Co. Ltd. Inc.<br />
(OSE: MIS), a diversified engineering and contracting<br />
group focused on the energy sector signed an agreement<br />
to acquire Litwin PEL LLC, from EMDAD LLC.<br />
The business, which will maintain the name Litwin PEL<br />
/ part of the MIS Group of Companies for a three year<br />
period, will continue to be led by its Chief Executive<br />
Officer, Pierre Leretz who thanked EMDAD LLC for its<br />
remarkable support. This acquisition falls well within<br />
Emdad’s strategy which was to buy Litwin, develop it<br />
and position it to reach this achievement.<br />
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MIS ACQUIRES ABU DHABI BASED LITWIN PEL<br />
ITQAN SHOWCASES SUCCESS STORIES AT GITEX<br />
ITQAN, GITEX Commemorate Milestones Together.<br />
Leading systems integrator ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers<br />
participated in this year’s incumbent IT exhibition GITEX, to<br />
showcase its success stories and key accomplishments that have<br />
enriched its resume for the past 25 years.<br />
ITQAN’s participation this year coincided with its 25 years<br />
anniversary, which also marked 30 years of GITEX events in the<br />
U<strong>AE</strong>.<br />
“Our participation in this year’s GITEX comes as an ultimate<br />
necessity, after very fruitful and remarkable 25 years of<br />
accomplishments and pioneering achievements. We are thrilled<br />
to celebrate ITQAN’s silver jubilee with GITEX’s 30 years’<br />
anniversary, and we look forward to see each other grow and<br />
ASPGULF DESIGNS BEA'TI WATANI PROJECT OF EWS<br />
Bea’ti Watani is an integrated portal for entire students, schools<br />
and partners (read as Municipalities) of U<strong>AE</strong>, sponsored by<br />
Emirates Wildlife Society-World Wildlife Fund. Students from<br />
the age of 6 -14 have to attend this online examination for testing<br />
their awareness on the distinctive natural habitat of the U<strong>AE</strong><br />
as well as local and global conservation issues. The portal had<br />
student module (registration/approval/exam), school module<br />
(registration/approval/reports/certificates), partner module<br />
(registration/approval/reports) and an underlying Admin<br />
Module for Emirates Wildlife Society. The same will be hosted at<br />
ASPGulf and supported with an Annual Maintenance Contract<br />
develop even further throughout the coming years,” raved Feras<br />
Al-Jabi, ITQAN’s General Manager.<br />
ITQAN’s success stories with projects for Sharjah Museums<br />
Department, Maritime Industrial Services, and Ministry of<br />
Health highlighted and presented at its stand.<br />
“ITQAN’s four principal practices showcased the latest<br />
technologies and consultancy on the best practices to the valued<br />
guests.<br />
“We developed a series of interesting interactive activities<br />
that aimed to capture their interest and enlighten them with<br />
the most cutting edge solutions in the IT world,” added Feras<br />
Al-Jabi, General Manager - ITQAN.<br />
(AMC). Currently the examination is conducted by the member<br />
schools in a conventional way which is quite cumbersome.<br />
With this project, by converting the entire process online, it gives<br />
total flexibility to the students, coordinator teachers, partners and<br />
EWS-WWF to participate in the<br />
program at their convenience.<br />
With this strategy, EWS-WWF<br />
aims more to embrace the<br />
program on a large scale.<br />
-Harish Krishnan, ASPGulf
Leading systems integrator ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers<br />
successfully wrapped up a complete infrastructure overhaul<br />
for Maritime Industrial Services Co. Ltd. Inc. (MIS), a leading<br />
contractor in the energy-related construction and services<br />
industry.<br />
The project entailed a complete migration of MIS’ previous<br />
infrastructure platform to a bundle of Microsoft’s technologies,<br />
which include Microsoft’s messaging system, IT management<br />
tools, data security and protection controls.<br />
“This project illustrated the collaboration between MIS and<br />
ITQAN and the level of co-operation and professionalism shown<br />
by MIS during this project was remarkable and pushed us to<br />
give our 200% percent to make this implementation a success.<br />
Despite some obstacles and challenges that inevitably came up<br />
during the implementation phase, MIS’ IT team was supportive,<br />
and placed its complete trust in ITQAN,” commented ITQAN’s<br />
General Manager, Feras Al-Jabi.<br />
According to Al-Jabi, ITQAN had a major task to undertake given<br />
the level of complexity and sophistication of this venture. “It was<br />
like rebuilding a house again while still keeping its components<br />
intact, in a sense that every aspect of their older infrastructure<br />
had to be removed and replaced with another technology, all<br />
while migrating the data smoothly and fluidly.”<br />
“MIS has more than 900 employees who need to access this<br />
system, covering five offices across the country. Without an<br />
efficient centralized structure that manages these users, and in<br />
most cases remotely, proper IT administration would be literally<br />
impossible,” said Ossama Bader, MIS’ Vice President, IT, Human<br />
Resources, and Admin.<br />
Bader added that MIS possesses a huge amount of engineering,<br />
drafting and other departmental documents that needed to be<br />
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GUESS & Winner<br />
WIN<br />
WINNER<br />
ITQAN COMPLETES IT INFRASTRUCTURE OVERHAUL FOR<br />
MARITIME INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (MIS)<br />
shared by employees, and with the growth and development of<br />
the company over the years the system needed to be significantly<br />
enhanced.<br />
“ITQAN has planned an optimum design that ensures the highest<br />
levels of security, reliability and stability, explained Bader. “MIS<br />
is rapidly growing, and this was a necessary step to support our<br />
strategy for growth. We are pleased with what ITQAN managed<br />
to accomplish, and we hope to see this relationship continue in<br />
the future,” said Bader.<br />
“This project comes in line with our strategic focus on the oil and<br />
gas sector, and an ever-present goal of ours is to constantly partner<br />
with major players like MIS. ITQAN’s presence in the oil and gas<br />
vertical is unmatched in terms of the number and diversity of<br />
the projects completed for organizations in this sector. Our roots<br />
and history further prove that too, seeing that we are part of Al-<br />
Bawardi Enterprises, an organization that served the oil and gas<br />
sector since the 1980,” added Al-Jabi.<br />
of October 2010 Guess and Win is<br />
Ali M. K. Shraim, Software Engineer -ITQAN<br />
The answer is U<strong>AE</strong> One Fil Coin
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh<br />
Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of<br />
the U<strong>AE</strong> and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, ADIPEC<br />
2010 took place from 1st-4th Nov. During<br />
the 4 day show, the eyes of the governments,<br />
corporate leaders, and international visitors<br />
were focusing on one of the largest and most<br />
prominent oil and gas exhibitions in the<br />
world.<br />
Date: 1st-4th November 2010<br />
Time: 10:00 am- 6:00 pm<br />
Venue: ADNEC<br />
Area rented: 480 SQM<br />
No. of principals: 31<br />
Long days of preparation and hard work all were forgotten when<br />
EMDAD’s team members and management reaped the fruit of<br />
their success.<br />
The story started just after ADIPEC 2008 page was folded.<br />
Preparations took place since then, invitations to the event were<br />
sent to our clients and principals, media packages were finalized,<br />
we managed to register more than 160 exhibitors prior to the<br />
event. EMDAD’s ADIPEC team was organizing the event with<br />
an aim of making this event run smoothly for the participating<br />
principals.<br />
Four days prior to the event the contractors headed towards Abu<br />
Dhabi National Exhibition and Center (ADNEC) to start the<br />
buildup. EMDAD’s stand was the first of its kind to be built at<br />
ADIPEC where the 480 SQM that was rented by EMDAD was<br />
completely roofed by a free standing ceiling.<br />
The stand was designed as an open area which made it easy for<br />
the 31 exhibitors to stand out and for visitors to walk around.<br />
This year ADIPEC was able to bring more than 45,000 visitors<br />
during the 4 days show, and around 1,500 exhibiting companies<br />
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A JOURNEY OF CONTINUOUS SUCCESS.<br />
to present their technological excellence, latest equipment and<br />
services. Out of the 1, 500 exhibiting companies EMDAD is<br />
proud to announce that it won the “BEST STAND RUNNER<br />
UP” for this year.<br />
As expected EMDAD had a heavy flow of traffic during the<br />
4 day show that consisted of visitors and clients. Besides being<br />
interested in new business opportunities with EMDAD LLC,<br />
many visitors were interested in dealing with the 31 principals<br />
that were exhibiting under EMDAD pavilion. Having the 31<br />
principals exhibiting under EMDAD’s umbrella supported our<br />
message of being "The Integrated Service Provider".<br />
EMDAD attracted many media reporters that were interested<br />
in conducting interviews with EMDAD’s management. Some<br />
of the media reporters were from Abu Dhabi TV, ADIPEC daily<br />
newspaper, Al Bayan, Al Khaleej, and Al Itihad newspapers.
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Contracts awarded and orders placed were published as pressreleases<br />
in various newspapers.<br />
ADIPEC 2010 was a remarkable success for Emdad and its<br />
principals and when asked about their experience at ADIPEC,<br />
below are some comments our principals and EMDAD team<br />
members provided:<br />
“To be honest I cannot think of anything to further improve the<br />
ADIPEC set-up, the only improvements I need to address is from<br />
my end. I thought you and the EMDAD team did an excellent<br />
job and it was a pleasure sharing the stand.” Mr. Martyn Foote-<br />
General Manager (Middle East) of ESR Technology.<br />
“Everything was excellent. I hope all of you have had a good<br />
time at the island that unfortunately we could not go”. Mr. Javier<br />
Cantu- Commercial and Business Development Manager of<br />
Cerrey S. A.<br />
“The exhibition was most certainly helpful...”. Mr. L.<br />
Ramachandran- Business Development Manager of Special<br />
Technical Services LLC.<br />
“As usual EMDAD participated well in ADIPEC 2010. Our stall<br />
was considerably big and was easily noticeable in Hall no. 3. The<br />
show was properly organized and well manned. The turnout of<br />
our principal also was remarkable. I noticed that all visitors to<br />
our stall were attended to and taken care of well. Even though<br />
those who worked on the show were new comers, the show was a<br />
big success. Keep up the good work!” Mrs. Jomy Kochery- Sales<br />
Support Officer- EMDAD LLC.<br />
“As all are aware, ADIPEC 2010 was a grant success with the<br />
support of our visitors, clients, principals and partners. We have<br />
to appreciate our Marketing Team for their effort in proper<br />
planning. Hope everyone who attended has enjoyed to the core<br />
and had a great moment and like all I am waiting for ADIPEC<br />
2012.” T.R. GIRI- Office Manager- Projects & Services- EMDAD<br />
LLC.<br />
“ADIPEC 2010 was a very special event in all aspects, organization<br />
was excellent, exceptional team work spirit noticed, visitors<br />
feedback was very positive. Let the figures talk:<br />
100% of the space utilized.<br />
54% saved on ADIPEC 2010 Budget.<br />
95% of the participators paid their dues before the event.<br />
100% coordination & cooperation between EMDAD ADIPEC<br />
team & Finance team." Mr. Samir Al Otaibi- Finance Manager-<br />
EMDAD LLC.<br />
ADIPEC 2012 will take place on 12th-15th November 2012.<br />
Preparations have already started; we have booked 450 SQM<br />
and requested additional 100 SQM. Many of our principals are<br />
willing to participate in ADIPEC under EMDAD’s umbrella.<br />
We are all looking forward to record an outstanding presence at<br />
ADIPEC 2012.<br />
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress,<br />
and working together is success." Henry Ford (1863-1947)
EMDAD arranged a social gathering for its principals and<br />
partners as an appreciation for their participation at ADIPEC.<br />
This year the event took place at Al Maya Island on Abu Dhabi<br />
coast.<br />
As soon as everyone arrived they gathered together, had a quick<br />
chat and got the chance to be introduced to other principals. The<br />
gathering helped in building and maintaining stronger bonds<br />
between EMDAD, its principals and clients.<br />
Throughout the event happiness and cheerfulness was filling the<br />
atmosphere, the gathering just came in time so that everyone<br />
would relax after several months of hard work and preparation.<br />
The program kicked off by the fire dancers that engaged everyone,<br />
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EMDAD<br />
SOCIAL<br />
GATHERING<br />
followed by music played by the DJ. In between dinner was served<br />
and principals tried their luck in F1 raffle tickets.<br />
“The party was well organized and the weather was amazing. It<br />
was a good opportunity to meet new people”. Mahmoud Salim-<br />
Marine Operations Officer- Marcap LLC.<br />
On behalf of EMDAD management and team members we<br />
would like to thank everyone who contributed in the success of<br />
ADIPEC this year.<br />
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."<br />
Helen Keller.<br />
By: Abir Mahmoud, EMDAD
Everyone would like to change a lot of things in themselves , but<br />
for me I’ll choose not to change but to learn about Forgiveness, if<br />
I know how to forgive I know that i will enjoy my life and it will<br />
be easier to walk away in the hard times. Suzan Ali, Emdad<br />
To kick-off 2011, <strong>AE</strong> Social Committee started its activities with<br />
WHO AM I? Challenge , which was an activity that engaged all<br />
<strong>AE</strong> group team members. The committee agreed on a mystery<br />
item and each day for a week the committee sent 1 clue to the<br />
team members that would help them figure out the mystery item.<br />
The activity took place from 2nd Jan- 6th Jan. We received a total<br />
of 33 correct responses.<br />
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<strong>AE</strong> INTERACTIVE<br />
"CHANGE IN THE NEW YEAR"<br />
<strong>AE</strong> SOCIAL COMMITTEE ACTIVITY<br />
"WHO AM I ? CHALLENGE"<br />
My New Year Resolution would be to control on my shopping<br />
habit. Greta D’ Silva, ITQAN – Dubai<br />
It’s new year time & need to have a new budgeting strategy – In<br />
short, I want to make a work sheet for daily life expenditures for<br />
2011. Hope will work. Phillip Jude Fortuna, ASPGulf<br />
Rather than getting married before the end of the coming 2011,<br />
I aim to raise my productivity to more than I can; and be in one<br />
hand with all my team members at <strong>AE</strong>. Wish you all Happy 2011<br />
full of success and prosperity. Kamal Toumeh - <strong>AE</strong><br />
I have one thing to change in my personality. I always want to<br />
do many things at one time, I think I’m a quick person. I know<br />
"Cosmos wasn`t built in a day " and no one can do everything at<br />
one time. Hope that I can change this habit.<br />
Eman Abu Al Rub, Furnicon<br />
I want to change my Bachelor status to Married Status in 2011,<br />
Inshallah! Mujeeb Ur Rehman, <strong>AE</strong><br />
I want to be of help to my family and work towards fulfilling my<br />
dream to build a new house for my family.<br />
Musthapa MP, ITQAN Mina<br />
On Sunday 9th Jan 2011 Mr. Alami conducted the draw and the<br />
winner was ROBERT PAUL SAPIERA, who recently joined as<br />
Database Administrator/ Document Controller at EMDAD, M38.<br />
On behalf of <strong>AE</strong> Social Committee we would like to congratulate<br />
Robert.
Before joining Emdad, he lived in UK for almost 14 years. Until<br />
such time he finally returned to Abu Dhabi and he mentioned it<br />
felt great to be back. Abu Dhabi is like a home for him.<br />
The <strong>AE</strong> Magazine Committee had the chance to interview Mr.<br />
Jamal Bochor, Emdad, Assistant General Manager and Regional<br />
Sales Manager. Our interview with Mr. Jamal started as he<br />
recalled his first day of work in Emdad on 26th May 2001, as<br />
Regional Sales Manager which made him so excited and happy.<br />
It was the late Mr. Hassan Bin Darwish who was the Chairman of<br />
the Company at that time.<br />
He joined as the Regional Manager of Emdad and was proud of<br />
opening 2 Offices; the Qatar office which they still have at the<br />
moment and the Syria office but they did not keep it for a long<br />
time. “Starting the region itself, I felt it was a good contribution<br />
from my side." said Mr. Jamal.<br />
Being an Assistant General Manager of EMDAD, he has lots of<br />
plans for the Company in the future. Emdad is expanding its<br />
services in new projects within the area, within the Middle East<br />
and North Africa. This is something he’s looking at the moment<br />
and discussing with the Chief Executive Officer of Emdad. He<br />
shared, "Emdad is doing quite good in U<strong>AE</strong> and even in Qatar so<br />
they can do more and better to expand their services."<br />
Jamal mentioned, “Considering the joint ventures that they<br />
have, they can compete at the moment. They need to look for<br />
new technologies, new ventures. The competition is tough and<br />
that’s one of the reasons you know your margins in U<strong>AE</strong> itself is<br />
not as good as overseas, because of the competition which is very<br />
hard.”<br />
These are the challenges that Jamal sees that EMDAD will face<br />
in the next few years. According to him, they are trying to see<br />
where they can add value and expand in a way where they can<br />
keep up with the future. “It’s not an easy job but if we plan it<br />
right, if we look at the right way to bring in proper Companies<br />
with new technologies, we will be able to move forward and this<br />
is our vision as EMDAD, as an ITO and we are still hoping to put<br />
it in a stock market”, he explained.<br />
He wants the EMDAD team members to see him as a person<br />
who can extend help wherever he can. He works with them like a<br />
family because he thinks, "This is the way it has to be because as<br />
long as they respect you and they know your position, they won’t<br />
abuse it, you are fine,” he stressed out. He also mentioned that<br />
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UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL<br />
JAMAL BOCHOR<br />
he’s accused of being the lenient one between Mr. Mansour and<br />
Mr. Aly. But one thing he is really proud of, in EMDAD they are<br />
one family who work as a team.<br />
This good hearted gentleman enjoys different sports and likes to<br />
play squash, bowling, football and tennis. On his weekend, he<br />
spends a lot of time with his family, and likes to take them out.<br />
He considers his family as his most treasured possession.<br />
His biggest surprise was when he came to know that his mother<br />
was pregnant when she was at the age of 49, where she was a<br />
grandmother as well.<br />
To sum it all up, another year had come to an end and he hopes<br />
in this coming year, EMDAD will expand. He knows that they<br />
have a good team and a good Company. Everybody deserves<br />
better because of their hard work and dedication. He wishes<br />
everybody good health, happiness, success and prosperity. He<br />
hopes everybody will stick together and give their best because<br />
he believes that if the Company succeeds, employees will succeed<br />
as well.<br />
By: Annie Dizon and Kamal Toumeh, <strong>AE</strong>
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GET TO KNOW <strong>AE</strong> FINANCE MANAGER /<br />
ASSISTANT FINANCE MANAGER<br />
They are responsible for supervising and handling financial<br />
reports, investment portfolios, accounting, and all kinds of<br />
financial analysis for an organization. These individuals manage<br />
the cash flow for an organization by supervising balance sheets,<br />
income statements, and the costs and revenue model. Their job<br />
responsibilities also involve supplying an efficient financial blue<br />
First on the list is Mr. Shaji Varghese,<br />
Assistant Finance Manager of<br />
Albawardi Enterprises. He joined the<br />
AlBawardi Group on 07 April 1990.<br />
He is from India and happily married<br />
to Mercy, they are blessed with 2<br />
children, namely: Christie and Merril.<br />
Shaji celebrates his birthday on 25th<br />
May and likes to read books, listening<br />
to music and travelling.<br />
Leading the EMDAD Finance Team<br />
is Samir Otaibi, serving as Finance<br />
Manager. He joined us on 1st July<br />
2007. Samir hails from Jordan and is<br />
married to Kholoud Shafiq. He is the<br />
proud father of two lovely kids Omar<br />
and Tamara & loves to spend time with<br />
his family. His hobbies include sports<br />
such as Volley Ball, Football etc.<br />
Born on 15th June in India is ITQAN<br />
Albawardi Computers, Finance<br />
Manager, Mr. Satheesh Perumbily.<br />
Satheesh is married to Ampili and has<br />
3 kids namely; Mahima, Gayatri and<br />
Aditya. His interests include reading,<br />
sports and watching films. He joined<br />
the Company on 07 July 2008.<br />
print and elucidating all the financial data for an organization,<br />
while minimizing costs and maximizing profits.<br />
In the April 2010 issue of <strong>AE</strong> Connect Magazine we featured the<br />
<strong>AE</strong> Accountants and now it’s time to introduce and get to know<br />
better the Finance Department Head of each Business Unit.<br />
Manoj Simon Abraham is currently<br />
serving EMDAD as Assistant Finance<br />
Manager, he joined the <strong>AE</strong> Group<br />
on 26 March 2000. He is from India<br />
and married to Liza. They have 3<br />
children namely; Reuel, Talitha and<br />
Thomas. During his free time he<br />
loves to read books and travel. Manoj<br />
celebrates his birthday on 12th March.<br />
Telematics, Deputy Finance Controller<br />
is Ganesh Shimpi. This Indian<br />
gentleman has been in the Company<br />
since 21 September 2008 and enjoys<br />
photography, travelling, reading and<br />
music. He has 2 children namely<br />
Aishwarya and Amey. His birthday<br />
falls on 29th October.<br />
MARCAP LLC, Finance Manager is<br />
Kirk Jansz . He is married to Rochelle<br />
and a proud father of Dwayne and<br />
Yanik. He has been in MARCAP since<br />
24 April 2002. Kirk who hailed from<br />
Sri Lanka celebrates his birthday on<br />
15 December and considers reading<br />
books as his hobby.<br />
By: Annie Dizon, <strong>AE</strong>
On November 18, 2010, the employees of gi and Furnicon<br />
gathered together for their first inter-company food festival held<br />
at the Furnicon Conference Room. The food fest was conducted<br />
together for gi and Furnicon as both business units hold their<br />
offices on the 2nd Floor of JVC Oasis Building, Airport Road, Abu<br />
Dhabi. Earlier this year, Furnicon had a similar activity however<br />
this time they were combined with Team Members of gi.<br />
Team Members from the said business units proudly brought<br />
in their home country food to let team members have a taste<br />
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FURNICON AND GI INTER COMPANY<br />
CULTURAL FOODFEST<br />
of other countries’ cuisines. Home made cuisines from India,<br />
Jordan, Philippines, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt were enjoyed by<br />
everyone.<br />
Games were also facilitated during the activity to encourage<br />
familiarization of each Team Member. Aside from the sumptuous<br />
meal, team members shared chats, fun and laughter with other<br />
members of the 2 business units. Team Members went home<br />
with a full appetite and light on their faces.<br />
Abie Blazado, <strong>AE</strong>
One young academically excellent person went to apply for<br />
a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first<br />
interview, the director did the last interview & made the last<br />
decision.The director discovered from the CV that the youth's<br />
academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the<br />
secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a<br />
year when he did not score.<br />
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"<br />
The youth answered "none". Then the director asked, " Was it<br />
your father who paid for your school fees?"The youth answered,<br />
"My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother<br />
who paid for my school fees. The director asked," Where did<br />
your mother work? "The youth answered, "My mother worked<br />
as clothes cleaner”.<br />
The director requested the youth to show his hands.The youth<br />
showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect. Upon<br />
which the director asked," Have you ever helped your mother<br />
wash clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother<br />
always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore,<br />
my mother can wash clothes faster than me. The director said, "I<br />
have a request, when you return home today, go and clean your<br />
mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning”.<br />
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When<br />
he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean<br />
her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings,<br />
she showed her hands to the kid. The youth cleaned his mother's<br />
hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that, it was the first time<br />
he noticed that his mother's hands were so<br />
wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in<br />
her hands. Some bruises were so painful that<br />
his mother shivered when they were cleaned<br />
with water.<br />
This was the first time the youth realized that it<br />
was this pair of hands that washed the clothes<br />
everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the<br />
mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his<br />
graduation, academic excellence and his future. After finishing<br />
cleaning his mother’s hands, the youth quietly washed all the<br />
remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and son<br />
talked for a very long time. Next morning, the youth went to the<br />
director's office, who noticed tears in the youth's eyes and asked:<br />
"Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in<br />
your house?<br />
"The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hand, and also<br />
finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'<br />
The Director asked, “Please tell me your feelings."<br />
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ME AND MY FAMILY<br />
VALUE OF APPRECIATION<br />
The youth said,<br />
“Number 1: I know now what is appreciation. Without my<br />
mother, there would not be the successful me today.<br />
Number 2: By working together and helping my mother, only now<br />
I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done.<br />
Number 3: I have come to appreciate the importance and value<br />
of family relationship”.<br />
The director said, "This is what I am looking for to be my Manager.<br />
I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others,<br />
a person who knows the sufferings of others, to get things done,<br />
and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life.<br />
You are hired”. Later on, this young person worked very hard, and<br />
received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked<br />
diligently with him, and as a team. The company's performance<br />
improved tremendously.<br />
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he<br />
wanted, would develop ‘entitlement mentality’, and would always<br />
put himself first. He<br />
would be ignorant<br />
of his parent's<br />
efforts. When<br />
he starts work,<br />
he assumes that<br />
every person must<br />
listen to him, and<br />
when he becomes<br />
a manager, he<br />
would never know<br />
the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others.<br />
For these kind of people, who may be good academically, may<br />
be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel a sense<br />
of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight<br />
for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really<br />
showing love, or are we destroying the kid instead? You can let<br />
your kids live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch<br />
a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them<br />
experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls<br />
together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do<br />
not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love<br />
them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter<br />
how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow grey, same<br />
as the mother of that young person. The most important thing<br />
is our kids learn how to appreciate the effort and experience the<br />
difficulty and learn the ability to work with others to get things<br />
done.<br />
Source: Internet
2010 marked the 39th Year of formation of United Arab Emirates,<br />
as we go back in time and learn the history of the county that we<br />
are living in.<br />
In the early 1960s, oil was discovered in Abu Dhabi, an event that led<br />
to quick unification calls made by U<strong>AE</strong> sheikdoms. Sheikh Zayed<br />
bin Sultan Al Nahyan became ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966 and the<br />
British started losing their oil investments and contracts to U.S.<br />
Oil Companies. The sheikhs of the emirates then decided to form<br />
a council to coordinate matters between<br />
them and took over the development office.<br />
They formed the Trucial States Council, and<br />
appointed Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum's<br />
legal advisor, as Secretary General and Legal<br />
Advisor to the Council. The council was<br />
terminated once the United Arab Emirates<br />
was formed.<br />
In 1968, the United Kingdom announced its<br />
decision, reaffirmed in March 1971, to end<br />
the treaty relationships with the seven Trucial<br />
Sheikhdoms which had been together with<br />
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CELEBRATING U<strong>AE</strong> NATIONAL DAY<br />
GUESS &<br />
WIN<br />
Contributed by: Iftikhar Abbasi<br />
Bahrain and Qatar, under British protection. The nine attempted<br />
to form a union of Arab Emirates, but by mid-1971 they were still<br />
unable to agree on terms of union, even though the British treaty<br />
relationship was to expire in December of that year.<br />
Bahrain became independent in August, and Qatar in September<br />
1971. When the British-Trucial Sheikhdoms treaty expired on<br />
December 1, 1971, they became fully independent. The rulers<br />
of Abu Dhabi and Dubai decided to form a union between their<br />
two emirates independently, prepare a<br />
constitution, con then call the rulers of the other<br />
five emirates to a meeting and offer them<br />
the opportunity to join. It was also agreed<br />
between bet the two that the constitution be<br />
written wr by December 2, 1971. On that date,<br />
at at tthe<br />
Dubai Guesthouse Palace, four other<br />
Emirates Em agreed to enter into a union called<br />
the United Arab Emirates.Ras Al-Khaimah<br />
joined joi later, in early 1972.<br />
Excerpts from Wikipedia<br />
GUESS THE IMAGE.<br />
This particular number and image flashed in<br />
U<strong>AE</strong> and international newspapers for a number<br />
of days and was the talk of the town.<br />
Email your answers to rmatthew@ae.ae<br />
The first correct answer wins a cash prize of <strong>AE</strong>D. 50.
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EXPLORE A NATION- KERALA<br />
Kerala, known as the gateway to<br />
paradise or God’s own country,<br />
is one of the smallest states in the<br />
Indian union. Our home state<br />
the land of Sylvan valleys, misty<br />
mountains and lulling backwaters.<br />
Strategically located at the south<br />
western tip of India, Kerala enjoys<br />
unique geographic features which<br />
have made it one of the most<br />
sought after tourist destinations in<br />
Asia. The state is a breathtakingly<br />
beautiful green, Greenland.<br />
Natural endowments like tranquil<br />
beaches, soothing backwaters,<br />
exhilarating hill stations, enchanting waterfalls, historic<br />
monuments and spectacular art forms, rejuvenating health<br />
packages, exotic wildlife and year-round festivals offer excellent<br />
investment opportunities in tourism related activities. All of<br />
which offer the tourists a unique<br />
experience.<br />
The National Geographic Traveler<br />
acknowledges the ravishing beauty<br />
of Kerala by acclaiming it as one of<br />
the thirteen 'Paradises Found' on<br />
earth and 50 greatest 'Places of a<br />
Life Time'. However it is the vibrant<br />
culture of its vivacious people that<br />
most attracts the travelers to these tranquil shores.<br />
History: Kerala's history is closely linked with its commerce,<br />
which in turn was wholly dependent until recent times on its<br />
spice trade. Kerala was celebrated as the Malabar Coast, known<br />
for its spices, and travelers from around the world journeyed<br />
here to trade and to gain control over this rich land. Its coast on<br />
the Arabian Sea spans coconut groves, endless spice plantations<br />
and rice fields.<br />
Different Cities: Trivandrum<br />
is the gateway to other fascinating<br />
experiences. If you are a sun<br />
seeker or surfer, head for the<br />
silvery sand and shallow waters at<br />
world famous Kovalam Beach one<br />
of the best beach resorts in India.<br />
Kovalam, which is 16 kilometers<br />
away, is famous for its Beaches of fine<br />
white sand, turquoise waters and swaying<br />
palms enrapture anyone who ventures<br />
there. Fresh seafood with ice cold coconut<br />
water is not to be missed. After that, head<br />
to scenic Ponmudi Hill Station for a picnic<br />
or trekking. See the Padmanabhapuram<br />
Palace, a place of artistic and historical relics. Further afield at<br />
the southernmost tip of India is Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin),<br />
the meeting point of three oceans, where you can watch the<br />
sunset, moonrise and sunrise over the water.<br />
Cochin with a fine natural<br />
harbour, has been Kerala’s<br />
center of maritime trade for<br />
innumerable centuries. A five<br />
hour drive from Cochin leads<br />
into thickly forested hills, past<br />
rubber and spice plantations<br />
and into southern India’s tea<br />
growing district headquartered<br />
at the charmingly old world<br />
Munnar.<br />
Festivals: Kerala is a land of colorful festivals, which have a<br />
long history and tradition behind them. Kerala's innumerable<br />
festivals however stand out because of their uniqueness. Due<br />
to the cultural diversity, Keralites<br />
have a lot of festivals which<br />
they celebrate regardless of the<br />
religion, caste, sect or creed they<br />
come from. Onam is one of the<br />
most famous festival of Kerala. All<br />
Malayali's irrespective of religion<br />
celebrate it. Onam provides an<br />
occasion for family get-together<br />
among the Keralites. It's a perfect<br />
example for the religious harmony of the state. The other main<br />
festivals include Vishnu, Navratri, Christmas, Easter, Bakrid and<br />
Idul Fitr.<br />
One place on earth that you<br />
should consider visiting, if you<br />
have not gone there so far.<br />
Contributed by: Musthafa Abdu<br />
Rahman - Itqan Mina, Boban<br />
Titus – Furnicon & Robbinson<br />
Mathew - <strong>AE</strong>
To create an archive of old messages in Outlook<br />
separate from the PST file.<br />
Select File | Data File Management from the menu in Outlook.<br />
� Click Add....<br />
� Choose the desired format. Unless you may need to access the<br />
data with Outlook 2002 or earlier directly, it is safe to highlight<br />
Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst).<br />
� Click OK.<br />
� Enter the desired file name.<br />
� Click OK.<br />
Type the archive PST file's desired name under Name:<br />
Again, it makes sense to name your archive after its contents<br />
(a year's worth of mail in my case). Optionally, protect access<br />
with a password.<br />
� Click OK.<br />
� Then click Close.<br />
� Move Mail to the Archive<br />
To populate your newly created archive PST:<br />
� Drag and drop entire folders to the root folder newly<br />
appearing under Mail Folders.<br />
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TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHT<br />
A hound spotted a hare and gave chase. After some distance<br />
the hound began to gain, but then gave up the chase. As the<br />
hound returned home a farmer commented that the little hare<br />
had been too much for the hound, who replied, "It's one thing<br />
to run for your dinner, but quite another to run for your life."<br />
This is handy if you already have an "Archive" folder that<br />
contains, say, all of last year's mail. Just drop it unto the archive<br />
PST.<br />
Alternatively, to archive individual items:<br />
� Click on the root folder named after your archive PST under<br />
Mail Folders with the right mouse button.<br />
� Select New Folder... from the menu.<br />
� Type the desired folder name.<br />
Make sure Mail and Post Items is selected under<br />
Folder contains: if you want to archive emails.<br />
For archiving other items, choose the appropriate category.<br />
� Click OK.<br />
� Drag and drop individual or groups of emails onto the newly<br />
created folder.<br />
To move all mail preceding a certain date in a<br />
folder (or nested folders):<br />
� Select File | Archive... from the menu in Outlook.<br />
� Make sure Archive this folder and all subfolders: is selected.<br />
Highlight the desired folder.<br />
� Specify the date emails prior to which (say, this year's January<br />
1) you want to move under Archive items older than: __.<br />
� Use the Browse... button to select the archive PST file created<br />
above.<br />
� Click OK<br />
� Close the Archive PST File<br />
After you have archived all items, you can close<br />
the PST file in Outlook:<br />
� Click on the root folder of your archive PST under Mail<br />
Folders with the right mouse button.<br />
� Select Close "___" from the menu.<br />
� Access Mail from a Closed Archive PST File<br />
To retrieve messages from an archive PST file<br />
you have closed:<br />
� Select File | Open | Outlook Data File... from the menu in<br />
Outlook.<br />
� Highlight the desired archive PST file.<br />
� Click Open.<br />
The PST file and its folders will appear under Mail Folders.<br />
By: Ali ullah Sharif, ASP Gulf<br />
FABLE TO LIVE BY - THE HARE AND THE HOUND<br />
(WINNING OFTEN DEPENDS ON WHO MOST WANTS TO)<br />
Abie Blazado, A E
The Shell Oil Company recently issued a warning after three<br />
incidents in which mobile phones (cell phones) ignited fumes<br />
during fuelling operations.<br />
In the first case, the phone was placed on the car's trunk lid<br />
during fuelling; it rang and the ensuing fire destroyed the car<br />
and the gasoline pump.<br />
In the second, an individual<br />
suffered severe burns to his<br />
face when fumes ignited<br />
as he answered a call while<br />
refuelling his car.<br />
And in the third, an<br />
individual suffered burns<br />
to the thigh and groin as<br />
fumes ignited when the<br />
phone, which was in his<br />
pocket, rang while he was<br />
fuelling his car.<br />
Mobile Phones can ignite fuel or fumes. Mobile phones that light<br />
up when switched on or when they ring release enough energy to<br />
provide a spark for ignition. They should not be used in filling<br />
stations, or when fuelling lawn mowers, boat, etc. They should<br />
not be used, or should be turned off, around other materials that<br />
generate flammable or explosive fumes or dust, (i.e., solvents,<br />
chemicals, gases, grain dust, etc...).<br />
To sum it up, here are the Four Rules for Safe Refuelling:<br />
1) Turn off engine.<br />
2) Don't smoke.<br />
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SAFETY ALERT!<br />
3) Don't use your cell phone - leave it inside the vehicle or turn<br />
it off.<br />
4) Don't re-enter your vehicle during fuelling.<br />
Bob Renkes of Petroleum Equipment Institute is working on a<br />
campaign to try and make people aware of fires as a result of<br />
static electricity' at gas pumps. His company has researched 150<br />
cases of these fires.<br />
His results were very surprising:<br />
1) Out of 150 cases, almost all of them were women.<br />
2) Almost all cases involved the person getting back in their<br />
vehicle while the nozzle was still pumping gas. When finished,<br />
they went back to pull the nozzle out and the fire started, as a<br />
result of static.<br />
3) Most had their rubber-soled shoes on.<br />
4) Most men never get back in their vehicle until completely<br />
finished. This is why they are seldom involved in these types of<br />
fires.<br />
Source: Internet<br />
WINNERS OF CANDID MOMENTS WITH FRIENDS<br />
LOWELL CARPIO - EMJEL<br />
GAURAV MATHUR<br />
ATIS<br />
OVAIS KAIZER - ITQAN
On 16 December 2010, <strong>AE</strong> and Tatweer organized<br />
a bowling tournament for their Team Members.<br />
The activity dubbed as “<strong>AE</strong> and Tatweer Fun Bowl” was held<br />
at Al Jazira Sports Club, Airport Road, Abu Dhabi.<br />
The Fun bowl offered <strong>AE</strong> team members an opportunity to<br />
showcase their bowling prowess and camaraderie. Bowlers<br />
were divided into team of 4 to compete 2 set of games. Scores<br />
from the 2 games were tabulated for awarding the Highest<br />
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<strong>AE</strong> AND TATWEER FUN BOWL<br />
Scoring Team and Player of the tournament.<br />
The team of Rekha Dayalal, Robbinson Mathew, Mohammed<br />
Farooq and Mujeeb Abdul Rahman was awarded as the<br />
highest scoring team. Among the team members who<br />
participated, Dipen Uchil emerged as the Highest Scoring<br />
Player of the fun bowl.<br />
<strong>AE</strong> GROUP UNDER OMAN INSURANCE FOR 2011<br />
Effective 1st January 2011 <strong>AE</strong> Group are covered under Oman Medical Insurance<br />
policy until 31 December 2011. Employees and their dependents who were<br />
previously enrolled under Arab Orient’s Deira Plan are now under Category 2 of<br />
Oman Insurance while Classic Plan holders are taking Category 1 or International<br />
Plan policy.<br />
To get further information on the list of benefits, networks and claims procedure,<br />
please visit the <strong>AE</strong> Intranet or HR Public Folder on MS Outlook.<br />
Have a healthy and safe year ahead!<br />
- Abie Blazado, <strong>AE</strong>
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. AHMED AL BAWARDI<br />
On 12th October 2010, the team members of <strong>AE</strong> and EMDAD celebrated the birthday of Mr. Ahmed Al Bawardi, CEO of Al Bawardi<br />
Enterprises. Team members surprised Ahmed with a small celebration.<br />
Bite the bullet - Do or decide to do something very<br />
difficult<br />
End of the line - Point at which further effort on a project<br />
or activity is not possible or futile.<br />
Stand pat - Stick with one's position or decision.<br />
Take a rain check - Postpone something.<br />
RSVP (Respondez S'il Vous Plait) - please reply. In<br />
French: Répondez s'il vous plaît, using the correct French<br />
WHAT’S IN A WORD<br />
RSVP, or less commonly the full expression 'Respondez<br />
S'il Vous Plait', is traditionally printed on invitations to<br />
weddings and parties, etc., as a request for the recipient<br />
to reply. Literally translated as 'reply if it you pleases', or<br />
more recognizably, 'reply please', since 's'il vous plait' has<br />
long meant 'please' in French, literally from the earlier full<br />
construction of 'if it pleases you'.<br />
Abie Blazado, <strong>AE</strong>
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Ahmad Nhili<br />
Arabic Translator<br />
gi<br />
Moh'd Raed Damyasi<br />
Receptionist<br />
ITQAN<br />
WELCOME TO THE <strong>AE</strong> FRATERNITY<br />
CONNECT greets all new Team Members to the<br />
<strong>AE</strong> community and wishes them a long and successful innings!<br />
Assaad Kaddoura<br />
Partnership Account<br />
Manager-ITQAN<br />
Ammar Faris<br />
QA QC Civil Engineer<br />
EMDAD<br />
Mohamed Ahmed<br />
Hussein Mohamed<br />
Team Lead - Oracle<br />
HRMS, ITQAN<br />
Ronnie<br />
Office Assistant-<strong>AE</strong><br />
Ashfaq Hussain<br />
Sr. ApplicationSpecialist<br />
ITQAN<br />
Mohammad Rafee Shaik<br />
Sr. Application Specialist<br />
ITQAN<br />
FAREWELL TO SADYA FAROOQ<br />
Having served Emdad L.L.C. for over two years in the capacity of<br />
Document Assistant in the Projects & Services Department Sadya<br />
Farooq decided to leave the company due to family reasons. The<br />
Projects & Services Team arranged a small get together to bid her<br />
farewell. Mr. Naveed Ashraf shared that it had been a pleasure to work<br />
Manju Sreekumar<br />
Admin. Assistant-EMJEL<br />
Essam Abukshim<br />
CP Technician<br />
EMDAD<br />
Ria David<br />
Sales Coordinator<br />
EMDAD<br />
Robert Paul<br />
Database Administrator<br />
EMDAD<br />
Kamal Toumeh<br />
HR Executive<br />
<strong>AE</strong><br />
Sumesh Nair<br />
Sales Executive<br />
TATWEER<br />
closely with Ms. Sadya. He further added, “It is this rare combination<br />
of professional skills, pleasant manner and a positive personal<br />
approach of Sadya that has been of great value for us. Our team has<br />
benefitted from her talent and expertise.”
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CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO...<br />
WEDDING BELLS<br />
Mr. Bhupesh Mehta، Sales Manager, Managed Services, ASP Gulf<br />
on the marriage of his daughter on 13th December 2010<br />
Congratulations Congratulations<br />
Abdul Hafeez Jamali OF ITQAN and his wife<br />
Dr. Hajer Nisar on their wedding on 9th November 2010<br />
Mrs. Sheila Castillo, Junior<br />
Accountant, EMDAD LLC on the<br />
birth of her baby girl,<br />
Chrishie Ashley on<br />
31st October 2010.<br />
NEW BABY ANNOUNCEMENT<br />
CONGRATULATIONS TO..<br />
Mr. Muhammad Atif Rafat, Systems<br />
Engineer (ITQAN – Mina), on the<br />
birth of baby boy,<br />
Muhammad Adyan Khan on<br />
13th November 2010.<br />
Dipen Uchil, HR Executive, <strong>AE</strong> and his wife<br />
Priyanka on their wedding on 29th December 2010<br />
Mr. Robbinson, Assistant HR<br />
Manager-ITQAN/ASP GULF,<br />
Albawardi Enterprises on the<br />
birth of baby boy, Mathew on<br />
22nd December 2010.
J A N U A R Y<br />
22<br />
CELEBRANTS OF THE MONTH<br />
Vishal Sengar ITQAN 1-Jan<br />
Bashir Ditta Allah Ahmad EMDAD 1-Jan<br />
Mohammed Osman MARCAP 1-Jan<br />
Sarwar Alam EMDAD 1-Jan<br />
Mohamed Elsir Hassan Ali MARCAP 1-Jan<br />
Adel Elkhawad mohamed ahmed MARCAP 1-Jan<br />
Mohamed Hamed Aly Elmaghraby MARCAP 1-Jan<br />
Dirar Ali Ahmed Suliman MARCAP 1-Jan<br />
Shahin Emad Saad MARCAP 1-Jan<br />
Ali Tahseen Mahmoud ITQAN 1-Jan<br />
Nemat Darrouj ITQAN 1-Jan<br />
Nadia Saleh Abdulla ITQAN 1-Jan<br />
Mohamed Ahamed Osman Elgazali MARCAP 1-Jan<br />
Yousif Ali Elkarar Bakhit MARCAP 1-Jan<br />
Rizwan Ali Khan TELEMATICS 1-Jan<br />
Feras Al Jabi ITQAN 2-Jan<br />
Mohd Mohd Issa EMJEL 3-Jan<br />
Kashif Muhammad EMDAD 3-Jan<br />
Motasem Alsalem MARCAP 3-Jan<br />
Navjeeth Singh TELEMATICS 3-Jan<br />
Imran Ali Khan TELEMATICS 3-Jan<br />
Adil Belakhdar MARCAP 4-Jan<br />
Ahmad Nizamuddin Dabir MARCAP 4-Jan<br />
Suman Chandra Jha ITQAN 5-Jan<br />
Debertivo Banogon Siangco MARCAP 5-Jan<br />
Arjun Sukumar ITQAN 6-Jan<br />
Abdel Moneem Mohammed El Nemr MARCAP 6-Jan<br />
Mahagodage Don Eric Nonis MARCAP 7-Jan<br />
Randeni Pathiranalags Susantha MARCAP 7-Jan<br />
Ziad Majzoub MARCAP 8-Jan<br />
Mustapha Kurdli MARCAP 8-Jan<br />
Saad Ali Husain Almessabi ITQAN 9-Jan<br />
Abdou Abdelrehim MARCAP 9-Jan<br />
Hendratno Suryanto MARCAP 9-Jan<br />
Moshiul Alam EMDAD 10-Jan<br />
Farid Ahmed Ali ITQAN 10-Jan<br />
Idrees Ahmed Basheer ITQAN 10-Jan<br />
Abd El Rahim Yahya A El Khaleefa ITQAN 10-Jan<br />
Zakir Hussain TELEMATICS 10-Jan<br />
Mofizur Rahman MARCAP 10-Jan<br />
Mohamed Shaaban MARCAP 10-Jan<br />
Manju D J Gowda ITQAN 10-Jan<br />
Baha Ali Khalil TATWEER 11-Jan<br />
Ashfaq Hussain ITQAN 11-Jan<br />
Ajith Saman Kumara Hewa Komanage MARCAP 12-Jan<br />
Mohd Ibrahim Adlan EMDAD 13-Jan<br />
Mohamed Ramzy Zaky Younis MARCAP 14-Jan<br />
Janus R.Sanidad MARCAP 14-Jan<br />
Mohamed Yasser Fouad MARCAP 16-Jan<br />
Ma. Sheila Castillo EMDAD 18-Jan<br />
Ahmed Abdelsalam E Elkatary MARCAP 19-Jan<br />
Suresh Krishnan TELEMATICS 22-Jan<br />
Marvin Ignacio TELEMATICS 22-Jan<br />
Romeo Looc MARCAP 22-Jan<br />
Anastacio Evangelista Cepulla MARCAP 22-Jan<br />
Rizalde Garcia De Ade MARCAP 23-Jan<br />
Bramachari Vijayananda Sharma MARCAP 23-Jan<br />
Muhammad Saif Ullah Yasin EMDAD 25-Jan<br />
Waleed Mohamed Ahmed Solyman ITQAN 25-Jan<br />
Fawaz Mohd Nabil Al Mufleh EMDAD 27-Jan<br />
Mohamad Yaser Jouhar ITQAN 27-Jan<br />
Ghadeer Hashim Salman MARCAP 28-Jan<br />
Saqib Bilal ASPGulf 28-Jan<br />
Aliasgar Banatwala TELEMATICS 28-Jan<br />
Randy Francisco FURNICON 30-Jan<br />
Edgardo Collado MARCAP 30-Jan<br />
Fakhri Valikarim TELEMATICS 30-Jan<br />
Omar Mohammad Shaar ITQAN 31-Jan<br />
Roy Chu Ronald MARCAP 31-Jan
F E B R U A R Y<br />
M A R C H<br />
23<br />
CELEBRANTS OF THE MONTH<br />
Mohammad Zakir Hossain ssain in Kha KKhan<br />
ha han n EMDA EMDAD DA DAD D 11-F<br />
11-Feb<br />
-F -Feb eb<br />
Mashhour Faraj ITQ ITQAN TQ TQAN AN 11-F<br />
1-Feb -F -Feb eb<br />
Husham Zaki IT ITQA ITQAN QAN N 1-Fe 1-Feb F b<br />
Nibal Sheikh Saeed MAR MARCAP AR ARCAP P 1-Feb<br />
Sandeep Patil IT ITQA ITQAN QA QAN N 1- 11-Feb Fe F b<br />
Anisa Abdullah Al Katheeri hee eeri ri Ali MAR MARCAP ARCA CA CAP P 2- 2-Fe 2-Feb Fe Feb<br />
Ranie Quezana MA MMARCAP RC R AP 22-F<br />
2-Feb -Feb eb<br />
Osama Mohamed Ahmed me med d Ab AAbdel del Sa Salam<br />
m AC ACF<br />
F 2- 2-Fe 2-Feb Feb<br />
Karim Khairy Nasr TECWEL TE TECW CW C EL 2-Feb 2-F -F -Feb eb<br />
Joel M. Lusung MAR MARCAP AR ARCA CAP P 4- 44-Feb Fe Feb<br />
Abid Ali Khan MA MARC MARCAP RCAP AP 55-Feb<br />
-Feb<br />
Richard M. Agno MA MMARCAP RCAP AP 5 55-Feb -F eb<br />
Muhammad Asif Syed ITQAN IT ITQA QA QAN N 7- 77-Feb Feb<br />
Kishore Kishnamurthy y I IITQ<br />
ITQAN TQ TQAN AN A 9- 9-Fe 9-Feb Fe Feb<br />
Suresh Rajalingam TELEMATICS TELE LE LEMA MATI TI TICS CS 9-Feb 99-F<br />
-Feb<br />
Tarek Akl ITQAN 1-Mar<br />
Motasem Nawaf Alsalem MARCAP 1-Mar<br />
Pukhrambam Raymand MARCAP 1-Mar<br />
Gulam Sarwar Ali TELEMATICS 1-Mar<br />
Rajinder Bandaranayake <strong>AE</strong> 2-Mar<br />
Naureen Kamal Udeen MARCAP 2-Mar<br />
Shivaram Padmanabhan Iyer ITQAN 2-Mar<br />
Benito Briones MARCAP 3-Mar<br />
Jessie Gacho MARCAP 3-Mar<br />
Muhammad Tariq ITQAN 3-Mar<br />
Mohd Iqbal. KP TECWEL 5-Mar<br />
Mohammed Hamdy Abdel Baky MARCAP 6-Mar<br />
Mark Traspaderme Binobo MARCAP 6-Mar<br />
Rajesh Arppam TELEMATICS 6-Mar<br />
Musa Omar Hassan MARCAP 7-Mar<br />
Mahmoud Salim MARCAP 7-Mar<br />
Marivic Barbas TATWEER 8-Mar<br />
Loveena Pinto EMDAD 8-Mar<br />
Syed Arshad Ali TELEMATICS 8-Mar<br />
Jehad Nayef Abu Zaid <strong>AE</strong> 9-Mar<br />
Rodney P.Silva MARCAP 9-Mar<br />
Rabee Jamil EMDAD 10-Mar<br />
Abdu Rahman T ITQAN 10-Mar<br />
Noor Mohd. Taha TELEMATICS 10-Mar<br />
Eg Egod Egoda od oda a Ge Geda GGedara<br />
da dara ra<br />
MARCAP 14-Feb<br />
Jo Joby Ge George Geo<br />
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ITQAN 15-Feb<br />
Bassem<br />
em m iibr<br />
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Majbour ajbo bo<br />
MARCAP 15-Feb<br />
Mo Moha Mohamed ha h me med m d Ahmed Ah Ahme me med Monir Mo M n Khiry Ismail ITQAN 17-Feb<br />
Sa Saji<br />
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Su Subo Suboda boda da<br />
Palinda Pal alin in inda Ovttigala Ovttiga ga Vithanage MARCAP 18-Feb<br />
Pa Pao<br />
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MARCAP 18-Feb<br />
Ri Riza Rizaldy za z ld ldy y Ca Cald Caldo ld ldo o Somp Sompia mp mpia i<br />
MARCAP 19-Feb<br />
Mo MMohd hd Raf R RRafeeq<br />
af afee ee eeq q Ponneeri Po Ponn nnee eeri<br />
EMDAD 20-Feb<br />
Sa Same Sameer meer er r T TTha<br />
Thani ha hani ni VVep<br />
VVeppil<br />
ep eppi pil l<br />
ITQAN 21-Feb<br />
Ra Rama Ramana ma mana<br />
TELEMATICS 21-Feb<br />
Ro Rode Roderick de deri ri ric ck R RRosal<br />
Rosales al ales e DDat<br />
Datinguinoo at atin in<br />
MARCAP 22-Feb<br />
Ro Rome Romeo me meo o Diana Di Dian an ana a Silva Si Silv lv lva a<br />
MARCAP 28-Feb<br />
Mo Moha Mohamed ham me m d Fa FFairoos iroo oo o s Farook Fa F ro<br />
MARCAP 28-Feb<br />
My Myro Myron ro ron n Ed Edmu Edmund mu mund nd C. C CC.<br />
Ag Agu Agudo MARCAP 28-Feb<br />
Jameen Madasamy TELEMATICS 10-Mar<br />
Manoj Abraham EMDAD 12-Mar<br />
Jonathan Lapating ITQAN 12-Mar<br />
Patricio Dedumo Evalle MARCAP 13-Mar<br />
Asif Nadeem Saif Ullah EMDAD 13-Mar<br />
Mehar Noufal TELEMATICS 13-Mar<br />
Eman Mohammed Hussein FURNICON 15-Mar<br />
Bachir El Alam ITQAN 15-Mar<br />
Ali Kayed Kablawi MARCAP 16-Mar<br />
John Varghese EMDAD 16-Mar<br />
Ahd Baher MARCAP 18-Mar<br />
Mousa Mohamad Bakri EMDAD 18-Mar<br />
Shibna Abdul Hakkim TELEMATICS 18-Mar<br />
Hissan Syed Ali ITQAN 19-Mar<br />
Duminggus Parura MARCAP 23-Mar<br />
Mohammad Rafee Shaik ITQAN 23-Mar<br />
Jonathan Cabantuo Pontoy MARCAP 24-Mar<br />
Mohd Hassan Zakaria Hassan ASPGulf 25-Mar<br />
Vikas Sarin TELEMATICS 25-Mar<br />
James Alfred Alain Cabal ASPGulf 27-Mar<br />
Rommel Dichoso MARCAP 27-Mar<br />
Aftab Qamar TELEMATICS 28-Mar<br />
Joseph P. gi 29-Mar<br />
Muhammad Atif Rafat ITQAN 31-Mar